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Tennis’ Nick Kyrgios returns, hurts, fights and falls: This is the beauty of the game

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In the third set of his first-round defeat, Nick Kyrgios fought exhaustion, injury and his rival and rallied the crowd briefly.

In the third set of his first-round defeat, Nick Kyrgios fought exhaustion, injury and his rival and rallied the crowd briefly.

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This game is rough. This game doesn’t care about reputations. This game doesn’t respect age. This game isn’t interested if this is your home court and these are your people. This game just keeps asking questions. Insistently.

Just like Jacob Fearnley does.

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